Center for Object Relations

Saturday Dialogue
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3/14/26
The Slow Rhythm of Connection: Infant Observation and Therapeutic Work with Autism
with Sean Jackson & Pam VanDalfsen

Saturday Dialogue on 3/14/26 Saturday Dialogues The Saturday Dialogues stand as one of the oldest traditions at COR. In fact, COR began as a Saturday Dialogue in the home of Mel Knight in the mid 1990's. The overarching goal, then and now, is to share our clinical experience working within the British Object Relations framework...

Contemporary British Object Relations

with Collin McFadden & Eric Borgh

In this course, we will be exploring recent iterations, evolutions, and dialogues within the theory of British Object Relations. Building on the Foundations courses, this class will delve into current dialogues and considerations amongst historical and modern British Object Relations thinkers positioned within the broader field of psychoanalysis. Students will be invited to bring clinical material and their own perspective to the task of grappling with the history and present of the theory. Covering work from Thomas Ogden, Judy Eekhoff, Avner Bergstein, Neville Symington, Anne Alvarez, and others, students will deepen their understanding of how British Object Relations is employed and engaged within the present day. The material presented is meant to be a brief survey.

8 Sessions In-Person & Online on Thursdays at 7:30 – 9:00 pm

3/12, 3/26, 4/9, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21, 6/4, 6/18 [2026]

Contemporary British Object Relations | 2025-26 Contemporary British Object Relations Instructors: Collin McFadden & Eric Borgh In this course, we will be exploring recent iterations, evolutions, and dialogues within the theory of British Object Relations. Building on the Foundations courses, this class will delve into current dialogues and consi...

Saturday Dialogue on October 5th

"Considering Sadomasochism"

Presenter: Collin McFadden

Discussant: Terry Hanson

Saturday Dialogue on 10/5/24 Saturday Dialogue on 10/5/24 Considering Sadomasochism Presenter: Collin McFadden Discussant: Terry Hanson Sadomasochistic processes appear to be inherent and universal dynamics within object relations. What is commonly referred to as “sadomasochism,” “S & M,” or “SM” in popular culture ...

Psychoanalytic Perspective in Helping a Patient Transform from Psychic Pain to Mental Suffering

Online Series with Avedis Panajian beginning September 14th

This series will focus on patients who are chronically stuck in psychic pain and unable to suffer in creative ways. Dr. Panajian will make use of contributions from Bion, Klein and Winnicott in exploring what makes a patient repeat psychic pain and be unable to live creatively.

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Webinar Series with Avedis Panajian | 2024-25 Psychoanalytic Perspective in Helping a Patient Transform from Psychic Pain to Mental Suffering This series will focus on patients who are chronically stuck in psychic pain and unable to suffer in creative ways. Dr. Panajian will make use of contributions from Bion, Klein and Winnicott in exploring....

Psychoaesthetics: On the Art of Conducting a Psychodynamic Process

Begins in less than 2 weeks!

*UPDATED COURSE INFO*

In this course we explore the questions: how do we facilitate a psychodynamic process? What is psychodynamic therapy, considered as a living process with a natural history? What is the art which corresponds to the science of psychoanalysis? What does transference look and feel like, and how is it fielded and followed? How do we work with dreams, prior to knowing how to interpret them? How do we conduct each session? How do we “preside” over the process, week to week and season to season?

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https://centerforobjectrelations.org/psychoaesthetics-on-the-art-of-conducting-a-psychodynamic-process-2024-25/